Apparatus for manufacturing cementitious cylindrical articles.



S. G. KENNEDY.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OEMENTITIOUS CYLINDRIOAL ARTIGLES..

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1910.

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s. G. KENNEDY. APPARATUS FQR MANUFACTURING GEMBNTITIOUS OYLINDRIGAL ARTICLES.

APPLICATION PILED'APR. 27, 1910.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

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" a citizen of the United States, residing at lindrical articles, as columns, piles, posts,

East McKeesport, in the county of Ai legheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in *Ap aratus for Manufacturing Cementitious Cylmdrical Articles, of which the following.

is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for and.

methods of manufacturing cementitious cyand the like, and its object is to provide an apparatus by which the process of making a column or the. like may be continuous until the desired diameter of the same has been oven the shaft, .the latter may be rea ily re- It is also a further ob'ect to produce, if. required, a polished sur ace on the manu-;

i site pairs of guides 2 with the two heads 10 obtained.

factured article.

It is also an object of my invention to:

provide a novel means of attaching a reinforcing metallic netting to the mandrel or axis, on which I wind the netting and cementitious material spirally.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the preferred form of my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section of Fig. 1 through the bearings of the core; Fig. 3, a central longitudinal section of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a section of Fig. 2 on the line IV-IV; Fig. 5, a vertical section, the taken longitudinally through the center of the core and the left hand half being taken in front of the finishing mold; Fig. 6, a cross-section of Fig. 5 on the line VIVI; and Fig. 7 an end view of the finishing mold or casing.

On the drawings, 1 represents the hori zontal base of my improved apparatus for forming reinforced cylindrical cementitious articles.

2, 2 are upstanding guides on the base 1, and 3 is a horizontal shaft having bearings in the verticallyadjustable journal boxes 4 located in the guides 2a The journal-boxes 4 may be raised or lowered by the screws 5 which work in the ends of the same and are seated inthe base 1 below the journal-boxes,

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Other .ine'ansmay be provided for causing or permitting the shaft to be raised or lowered to correspond to diameter of the article to bemade. The'journal boxes 4 are made in two. parts, the 3 beingseated 1n notches in the top ofthe lower part 6. The u per art 7. of each journal box is pivots on t lower part so. that it may be swung over the shaft 3andlocked by the nut 8 working on one of the screws 5. Each I upper or shaft-locking part 7 has the notch 9 for one of the screws 5 so that the part 7 may lie directly over the part 6, where it may be clamped in positionby the nut 8 and hold the shaft 3 in place in the journal.- box. When the palqts 7 are swun from moved.

The shaft 3 isprovided between the oppospaced apart by a distance equal to the The heads have the hubs orshoulders 11 facing each other and fitted into the op osite ends of the sheet metal cylinder 12, t e endsof the cylinder abutting the inner faces .of the heads immediately beyond the hubs. 11. The heads 10 are provided each with the transverse hole13 ,.beyond the .outer surface ofthe cylinder 12. The heads 10 are arranged so that the wire or other flexible device 14 extending through them is parallel with the shaft 3, or the axis of the cylinder. One end of the shaft between its bearing and the adjacent head 10 .is threaded to receive the nut 15 which is turned up against the head to bind the heads and the cylinder into a core. The pin 15 extending through. the

- firm structure, which I term a mandrel or shaft 3 serving as an abutment-forthe outer face of the remaining head 10. -The.shaft may be rotatedby the crank 16.

On the base 1 and back of and close to the core I place the hopper 17 which is provided to contain the cementitious material 18 which maybe coarse or fine concrete, cement and sand, or other equivalent product.

At the rear of the. ho per 17, I place the horizontal bar 19, on which the reelof coiled wire fabric or netting 20 or equivalent maend of the'fabric 20 is passed through the horizontal slot 21, at or near the bottom of the rear wall of the hopper and is brought to the core where the wire 14 is threaded through it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. After the wire has been placed in the holes 13 and threaded through the fabric, its ends are secured so as to revolve with the shaft, being preferably secured to the shaft by windlng them around the shaft a few times just beyond the'nut 15 and the pin 15 as shown at 22.

The fabric having been passed through the i slot 21 and secured to the. wire 14 as described, the cementitious material 18. is pouredinto the hopper 17 and on top of the fabric therein. The core is then rotated by the crank 16 in the direction indicated by the arrow on Figs. 1 and 3. More or less of the material will be carried along with the fabric and be Wound spirally on the core with the fabric in alternate layers. The amount of cementitious material carried along with the fabric depends upon the relative consistency of the said material and also on the character of the fabric, for example, the number. of wires to the inch. When the article is as large as desired, the screws 5 having been operated to provide the required clearance below the core, the fabric is cut off and the finishing mold or casing shown in Fig. 7 is applied to the said article as will be presently described.

The finishing mold or casing consists of the hopper 23 and the two wingsormoldsides 24 connected to opposite ends of the hopper by the pivot rods or pins 25. The hopper is made long enough to have its ends slightly overlap the outer faces' of the heads 10. The wings or sides 24 are arcs of circles and face each other on opposite sides of the article about to receive its finishing coat. The wings 24 meet at their lower edges, their upper edges 26 being continued up between the ends of the hopper above the pivot rods 25, the V-shaped pieces 27 of metal being slipped over the upper edges of the hopper-lugs 27 and the edges 26 of the wings 24 to preventvthe separation of the wings.

A mixture of sand and cement or other finishing material is poured into the hopper The shaft 3 is rotated to cause the finishing mixture to flow down into all parts of the mold space between the mold-sides or wings and the roughly finished article. By

placing the right amount of the mixture in,

the hopper or by removing any excess thereof, the finished article may be made quite smooth and cylindrical particularly if the shaft 3. is kept in rotation. The nuts 8' are then slacked off and the parts 7 of the journal boxes 4 swung from gver the shaft 3.

This shaft. with the molded article, preferably stillin the finishing mold, is removed to a rack or other su port where the cement can set and dry. A resh core is then placed in the journal boxes 4 and. another article made in the manner described. When the said removed article has become set 'so as to keep its shape, the pieces 27 are removed and the sides 24 of the finishing mold swung .case the article is to be polished, I allow the same to cure or harden for several hours,

but before it is dry, I place it in the journal boxes 4 or other journal supports and cause it to be revolved. While it is revolving, I apply to the surface thereaf a block of smooth hard cement or a block of smooth stone, which will cause the article to become smooth and polished. I may use with the cement or stone block some pumice stone or other similar material to facilitate the process and increase the polish.

After the articles have become hard, and

have been polished, if required, the ends of the wire 14 are unwound or cut oil and the nuts 15 and the head 10 are removed from the shaft 3, which is withdrawn from the cylinder 12. The cylinder 12 is then withdrawn from the article and reassembled with,

the heads 10, the shaft 3, and the nuts 15 to 1 form a core. 7

I claim 1. In an apparatus for forming reinforced cementitious articles, a sheet-metal cylinder around which the articles are formed, a pair of heads at opposite ends of the cylinder,

each provided with a hub extending into the end of the cylinder, a shaft detachably connected to the heads and extending through the cylinder, a wire extending through open; ings in the head and having its ends wound around the shaft said wire being arranged 'so that the end of a fabric may be connected thereto.

2. In an apparatus for, forming reinforced cementitious articles, a rotary support on which a fabric carrying cementitious .material may be spirally wound, heads at each end of the support, means for securing the support and the heads to holder parallel with the axis of the support and having its ends extended through the ther, a fabric heads and a shaft on which the said support said article and to be spaced therefrom to 10 is mounted. and to which the ends of the provide a moldin space.

fabric holder are secured. I S ed at Pitts%urgh, Pa., this 21st day of 3. In an apparatus for formin cemen- Apr A. D. 1910. v

- ii titious articles, a rotary core on w 'ch the SAMUEL G KENNEDY.

article is first roughly formed, a removable hopper adapted to be placed above the said Witnesses: article, and mold sides pivotally connected a F. N. BARBER,

to the hopper and constructed to embrace the ANNA R. Bm'rn'. 

